Bug 187902

Summary: no parameter negotiation for xfig
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Christian Siegl <christian.siegl>
Component: xfigAssignee: Than Ngo <than>
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patch to /usr/bin/xfig to pass through command args none

Description Christian Siegl 2006-04-04 11:57:59 UTC 
Description of problem:
It is not possible to negotiate parameters to xfig (or even xfig.bin) in the
command shell. Even "xfig -help" will not show the help. On each command xfig is
just opened. Beside this it is not possible to open a *.fig file in the command
shell. An empty figure is opened in each case.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
fc5
Xfig 3.2 patchlevel 4 (Protocol 3.2)


How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
try to execute one of the following in your command shell
1. xfig -help
2. xfig -pap a4
3. xfig somefigfile.fig
  
Actual results:
an empty figure is always opened


Expected results:
i'd like to change the metric properties, the paper size or just open a file in
the command shell


Additional info:
none
Comment 1 John Ellson 2006-04-04 15:29:31 UTC 
Created attachment 127300 [details]
patch to /usr/bin/xfig to pass through command args
Comment 2 Christian Siegl 2006-04-04 15:57:27 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Created an attachment (id=127300) [edit]
> patch to /usr/bin/xfig to pass through command args
> 

Well, this fixes the problem that you could not use the '-help' option or open a
*.fig file in the command shell. But it is still not possible to negotiate
parameters like '-paper_size a4', '-metric', '-portrait' etc. That means, you
can negotiate these parameters but I don't see the result....
Comment 3 Than Ngo 2006-04-04 17:31:40 UTC 
it's now fixed in rawhide. Thanks for your report.
Comment 4 Christian Siegl 2006-04-06 06:16:45 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> it's now fixed in rawhide. Thanks for your report.

I just installed x-fig 3.2.4-18 on  my system. It is still not possible to pass
through command arguments. For instance the '-help' option works fine but all
the other stuff mentioned above doesn't have any effect....
Comment 5 Than Ngo 2006-05-05 20:59:11 UTC 
it's finally fixed in rawhide with 3.2.4-20. Thanks for your report.